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Word: movius (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1940
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...Maurice Tillet is an amiable Frenchman who recently journeyed to the U. S. to engage in wrestling bouts. His nickname is "The Angel." Much excited by photographs of his monstrous head were four enterprising young anthropologists at Harvard, Carlton Stevens Coon, Hallam Leonard Movius Jr., Carl Coleman Seltzer and William Herbert Sheldon Jr. They wanted to measure it. Last week they announced that they had indeed taken the Angel's measurements...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Angel Measured | 3/4/1940 | See Source »

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